Hi Tim,
I really liked your site! Here's a VERY brief rundown on my coal mining ancestors:
James W. Cain
born in Virginia
Coal Miner
Falls, Fayette County, West Virginia
1910 census
Clarence Henry Huff
born Kentucky or Georgia
Coal Miner
Gatliff, Whitley County, Kentucky
1910 Census
Curtis L. Huff
born in TN or AL
Coal Miner
Gatliff, Whitley County, Kentucky
1910 Census
Felix Huff
born in Georgia
Coal Miner
Gatliff, Whitley County, Kentucky
1910 Census
Henry Jones Huff
born in Georgia
Coal Miner
Black Oak, Whitley County, Kentucky
1900 Census
Coal Miner
Gatliff, Whitley County, Kentucky
1910 Census
Oliver Livingstone Johnson
Born Albemarle County, Virginia
Laborer
McCready Rogers Coal Company
Allegheny County, PA
family papers
Edward Maxwell
born in Pennsylvania
Coal Miner
Jefferson Township, Fayette County, PA
1900 Census
Engineer
Erie Coal Company
Jefferson Township, Fayette County, PA
1920 Census
Eva Maxwell Sewell
born in "Coal Mining Town of Grindstone, Fayette County, PA" (from her 1993 obituary in The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Henry Cornelius (Neal) Maxwell
born in Pennsylvania
Miner
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Perryopolis, PA 1917
WWI Draft Card
William Frank Maxwell
born Pennsylvania
Miner
Weirton Coal Company
Isabella, Washington County, PA 1942
WWII Draft Card
Laborer
Erie Coal Company
Jefferson Township, Fayette County, PA
1920 Census
Running Electric Pump
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Perryopolis, PA, 1917
WWI Draft Card
Samuel Milton Maxwell
Born Pennsylvania
Coal Miner
Climax Coal Company
Braznell, Fayette County, PA 1918
WWI Draft Card
Laborer
Erie Coal Company
Jefferson Township, Fayette County, PA
1920 Census
Walter (Pryor?)
born in Tennessee
Coal Miner
Black Oak, Whitley County, Kentucky
1900 Census
Dandridge T. Rayford
born Salem, Virginia
Coal Miner
Milburn, Fayette County, West Virginia
1920 Census
Best Wishes,
Lee Cook